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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Born | March 29, 1991 Manalapan, New Jersey |
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 meters, 1500 meters | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
800 m: 1:44.71 m (Des Moines 2011) |
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Robert Adrian Andrews (born March 29, 1991) is an American middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 and 1500 meters. Andrews competed in the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships his freshman year, placing second in the 800 meter event to Andrew Wheating of Oregon. His more recent achievements include winning the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship 800 meter race in the second fastest time ever run for an NCAA 800 meter Championship race, recording a personal best time of 1:44.71 to narrowly beat Charles Jock of UC Irvine, who ran 1:44.75 to claim the second position. Other notable achievements include winning the 800 meters at the 2010 Indoor Championships, beating out Andrew Wheating at the line. Andrews is currently attending the University of Virginia. He is in his Junior year.
In 2009 Andrews set the US high school indoor records for both the 800, at 1:49.21, and the 1000, at 2:22.28.[1] At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, Andrews won a bronze medal over 800 meters, becoming (along with silver medalist Casimir Loxsom) the first American males to medal in a middle distance event at the world junior championships.[2]
| Distance | Time | venue |
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| 800 m | 1:44.71 m | Des Moines, United States (June 10, 2011) |
| 1500 m | 3:40.77 m | Durham, United States (April 23, 2011) |
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